Gov. Chris Christie can't pass buck on Hurricane Sandy aid problems: Editorial

[deminks]

http://www.nj.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/02/gov_chris_christie_cant_pass_buck_on_hurricane_sandy_aid_problems_opinion.html

By Star-Ledger Editorial Board
on February 23, 2014 at 8:00 AM, updated February 23, 2014 at 8:21 AM

Gov. Chris Christie wants us to believe that the federal government is the true villain standing in the way of relief for the many victims of Hurricane Sandy who remain destitute more than a year out.

"FEMA is the new F-word," he told the crowd at Thursday’s town hall in Port Monmouth. "We’re stuck dealing with a federal system that is broke. The fact is, though, that they don’t have, in my opinion, the first idea of what they are doing."

(snip)

But don’t let the governor get away with this cop-out. The bulk of the screw-ups that have handicapped this effort are homemade, right here in Jersey. Let’s look at the record.

The first big mistake was NJ Transit’s dumbfounding decision to park its trains in a low-lying swampy area, where they were predictably flooded, causing $120 million in damage. The line of authority for that blooper goes straight to the governor, not to Washington.

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much more at the link

Projection. Project your short comings on someone else. GOPers are good at it.

[underthematrix]

1. How long is sen o'toole going to cotninue on

the committee investigating Christie?

[ColumbusLib]

2. Yeah

Talk about a conflict of interest! The committee has already said that O'Toole may be called on to testify about his statements on Baroni's 'traffic study' (whatevs) testimony. How can he testify to a committee that he serves on? Just step down already, dude...